8-letter words containing y, n
- syntonic — Electricity. adjusted to oscillations of the same or a particular frequency.
- syntonin — a substance found in muscle tissue
- syphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- syringes — a small device consisting of a glass, metal, or hard rubber tube, narrowed at its outlet, and fitted with either a piston or a rubber bulb for drawing in a quantity of fluid or for ejecting fluid in a stream, for cleaning wounds, injecting fluids into the body, etc.
- sysadmin — a computer system administrator
- tallying — an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- tallyman — a person who tallies or keeps account of something.
- tangency — the state of being tangent.
- tangibly — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
- tanistry — the system among various Celtic tribes of choosing a tanist.
- tarrying — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
- tartanry — the excessive use of tartan and other Scottish imagery to produce a distorted sentimental view of Scotland and its history
- tautonym — a scientific name in which the generic and the specific names are the same, as Chloris chloris (the greenfinch).
- taxonomy — the science or technique of classification.
- telegony — a former belief that a sire can influence the characteristics of the progeny of the female parent and subsequent mates.
- tenacity — the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence: the amazing tenacity of rumors.
- tenantry — tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.
- tendency — a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
- tenderly — soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
- tennyson — Alfred, Lord (1st Baron) 1809–92, English poet: poet laureate 1850–92.
- tenotomy — the cutting of a tendon.
- tenpenny — noting a nail 3 inches (7.6 cm) in length. Symbol: 10d.
- tent fly — fly1 (def 22).
- terylene — a synthetic polyester fibre or fabric based on terephthalic acid, characterized by lightness and crease resistance and used for clothing, sheets, ropes, sails, etc
- textonym — (in text messaging) one of two or more words that can be generated by pressing the same combination of numbers on the keypad of a mobile phone
- thankyou — If you refer to something as a thankyou for what someone has done for you, you mean that it is intended as a way of thanking them.
- the many — the majority of mankind, esp the common people
- the navy — the branch of a country's armed services comprising such ships, their crews, and all their supporting services and equipment
- the only — being single or very few in number
- theogony — the origin of the gods.
- theonomy — the state of an individual or society that regards its own nature and norms as being in accord with the divine nature.
- thrawnly — in a thrawn, contrary or perverse manner
- threnody — a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
- thundery — thunderous.
- thymosin — a hormone, produced by the thymus gland, that promotes the development of T cells from stem cells.
- thyroxin — Biochemistry. the thyroid gland hormone that regulates the metabolic rate of the body.
- tigrinya — a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- tinselly — decorated with or abounding in tinsel.
- tinselry — cheap and pretentious display.
- toadying — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- tonality — Music. the sum of relations, melodic and harmonic, existing between the tones of a scale or musical system. a particular scale or system of tones; a key.
- tonicity — tonic quality or condition.
- tonishly — in a stylish or fashionable manner
- too many — an excessive number of
- toponymy — the study of toponyms.
- toyonaka — a city on S Honshu, in Japan, N of Osaka.
- toywoman — a woman who sells toys
- trainway — a railway track; the channel in a built-up area through which a train passes
- trendify — to render fashionable; remodel in line with current trends
- triunity — Trinity (defs 4, 5).